Lot No
5733 5734
5735 5736 5737
5738
5739 5740 5741 5742
105 109 116
121
108 104
113a 108
Cat No
Description France - continued
1862-64 Perforated issue on inland mail, mainly at 20c rate (11 inc 10c pair) or 10c local rate (2) or 40c double rate - good range of shades & cancellations inc rural post-box and Gare du Nord. (16) US7 ................. £34
1862-66 Perforated issue frankings on covers to foreign destinations at the 40c rate inc 20c (2) to Switzerland or 40c to Italy (2) or U.K., one with ship endorsement, another with rural post-box mark. (4) US7 ............... £17
1863 Laureated 2c red-brown on brownish, fresh mm with heavy hinge and thin spot; good shade. Cat. £160 US2 ............................................ £32
1863 Laureated 4c grey, perfs at R a little irregular; fresh mm with most of original gum. Cat. £375 US2 ............................................................ £78
1863 Laureated 30c brown, centred low with small thin and odd toned perf - o/w fresh mm with good gum; lovely shade. Cat. £1300 US2 PH Plate 13 ........................................................................................ £235
1863 Laureated 80c bright rose - small faults inc light vertical crease, rounded corner & couple of pulled perfs, fresh mm (heavyish mount) with good original gum & vibrant colour. Excellent spacefiller example of this scarce stamp. Cat. £1700 US2 PH Plate 13 ......................................... £195
1863 Laureated 4c lilac-grey, 2 or 3 shorter perfs, fresh mm with most gum, hint of shallow thin - good shade. Cat. £450 US2 ......................... £94
1863 Laureated 2c red-brown on white - horizontal pair fresh mm with most of original gum. (2) Cat. £280 US2 ............................................... £70
1863 Laureated 10c (T.B) brownish bistre, light diagonal bend - fresh mm with most of original gum. Cat. £375 US2 ............................................ £78
1863 2nd.Empire, Laureated Napoleon, 4c Lilac-Grey, unused-no gum. Cat. £350 ............................................................................................. £40
5743 115, 120 & 1 1863 20c blue, 40c pale orange and 80c bright rose ‘Napoleon’ issue all tied on piece by three fine strikes of Dotted Diamond ‘LM 2°’ Travelling post office cancel. (SG 115, 120 & 121) Cat. £47.7 US4 ........................ £20
5744
5745 5746 5747
5748 5749 5750
5751 93
102 120
115a 109
1863 Cover franked with single 1862 20c blue ‘Napoleon’ issue (SG 93) tied by fine strike of Grande Chiffre ‘2795’ cancel with PAU cds alongside. Addressed to MANCIET with transit and arrival cds’s on reverse. US4 .... £9
1863 Laureated 1c olive-green on bluish, centred R, fresh mm with some gum and small adhesion - good shade. Cat. £60 US2 ............................ £16
1863 Laureated 40c pale orange (small paper inclusion) fresh mm with partial gum. Lovely bright shade. Cat. £1400 US2 PH Plate 13 ............ £313 1863(ca) Napoleon 5c pink envelope essay, some faults but rare US8 ... £14
1863-70 Napoleon 20c blue Type B horiz pair mint, disturbed gum Cat. £550 US3 ............................................................................................ £68
1863-70 Laureated 4c grey, heavy gum cracking, h/r, marginal m.m. Cat. £375 US PH Plate 13 ......................................................................... £71
1863-70 Laureated 1c and 4c, plus Paris Siege 20c, all on 1871 (?) trimmed cover front (with entire address panel) from Cholet to Rouen, nice 3-colour franking, g.u. SG 10s, 110, 137 US3 ................................ £21
131
1869 Laureated 5 Francs lilac-grey - variety ‘5 & F in blue’ [Yv.33b, uncatalogued by SG], tiny tone spot, fu with unclear cds cancellation - full perfs and no repairs apparent: much better than average example of this difficult stamp with the bonus of the striking numeral variety! Cat. £1300 US2 PH Plate 13 ..................................................................... £352
5752
5753 5754
5755 5756
5757 5758
5759 5760
5761 5762
5763 5764 5765
5766 5767 5768 5769
5770 5771
131
132 131
182 177
1869 Napoléon 5F grey-lilac with corner fault and thin - perfs good, fu with ‘5104’ lozenge of French PO in Yokohama; excellent spacefiller example of this scarce value. Cat. £1100 US PH Plate 13 .................... £160
1869 Napoleon 5 francs lilac, badly thinned - of good appearance with full perfs, clear cds cancellation - excellent spacefiller. Cat. £1100 US7 .. £37
1869 5fr lilac grey on greyish paper, used with number ‘1’ in star cancel. Rounded SE corner perf and thinned, but a very collectable example of decent appearance Cat. £1100 US2 ..................................................... £43
1870 Bordeaux 80c bright rose, 3 good margins, tight at 4th, tiny thin spot - fu example of this attractive shade. Cat. £350 US7 ...................... £34
1870 Bordeaux issue 40c orange with scarce private roulette perforation, tiny ink spot on face - fresh mm with good gum, hint of tiny thin. Vibrant shade. Cat. £650 US2 PH Plate 13 ..................................................... £172
1870 Bordeaux 10c shades - all with 4 margins, one thinned, fu - useful group. (5) Cat. £500 US7 ..................................................................... £56
158 175 157
175 148
152 152 158
152 175 157 167
183 148
1870 Bordeaux issue 5c deep yellow-green - very nice example with 4 large margins, fresh mm (thin spot) - striking shade. Cat. £500 US2 PH Plate 13 ........................................................................................ £141
1870 Bordeaux issue 30c brown, good margins with scarce private roulette perforation,
v.fresh mm with hint of thin and substantial gum. Attractive stamp. Cat. £500 US2 PH Plate 13 ..................................... £141
1870 Bordeaux issue 5c yellow-green, 4 margins with scarce private roulette perforation,
v.fresh mm with good gum. Very unusual. Cat. £400 US2 PH Plate 13 ................................................................................ £117
1870 Sperati reproduction die proof of 30c brown on thin paper, signed with hand-stamp on reverse -
v.fine and uncommon. US2 PH Plate 13 £117
1870 Bordeaux issue 1c deep olive-green on bluish - fresh mm bottom left-hand corner example with original gum: corner margins huge, the other two good. Attractive & uncommon in this form. Cat. £275 US2 .... £94
1870 Sperati reproduction die-proof of 2c red-brown on thin paper with signature and hand-stamped on reverse. Fine. US2 PH Plate 13 .......... £117
1870 Bordeaux issue 2c red-brown, 4 good margins, one with small closed split, fresh mm with thin. Attractive. Cat. £350 US2 .................... £78
1870 Bordeaux issue 5c deep yellow-green, 2 good margins others touched in places - fresh mm with part gum and odd thin spot. Attractive shade. Cat. £500 US2 .......................................................................... £110
1870 Bordeaux issue 2c red-brown, slightly ‘oily’ paper, 4 margins - 3 are wide - mm with part gum. Cat. £350 US2 ............................................. £67
1870 Sperati reproduction of 30c brown, 4 wide margins - hand-stamped on reverse. US2 .................................................................................... £78
1870 Bordeaux 5c green, neat margins fu but thinned - very good spacefiller. Cat. £200 US7 .................................................................... £15 1870 Bordeaux issue 20c blue TII, 4 uneven margins, fu. Cat. £80 US2 ... £22
1870 Bordeaux 80c rose-carmine, 4 close margins (closed split and thin spot) fu example of this scarce shade. Cat. £475 US7 ........................... £41
1870 Bordeaux issue 1c deep olive-green on bluish, 4 slightly uneven margins, hint of toning to one corner o/w fresh mm with part gum. Cat. £275 US2 ............................................................................................ £55
89
5809 5810
206
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5772 5773
5774 5775 5776
5777 5778
5779 5780 5781
5782 5783 5784 5785 5786 5787 5788 5789 5790 5791 5792 5793
5794
5795 5796 5797 5798
5799 5800 5801
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147 155
182 140 160
145 158
152 175
Description France - continued
1870 Bordeaux issue 1c bronze-green on bluish, 4 good margins fresh mm with much original gum. Cat. £200 US2 ......................................... £51
1870 Bordeaux issue 4c lilac-grey, 4 margins, small thin and light corner bend -
v.fresh mm with large part gum - lovely fresh shade. Elusive value. Cat. £700 US2 PH Plate 13 ................................................................ £172
1870 Sperati reproduction of 80c bright rose - 4 good margins fu with anchor lozenge cancellation, hand-stamped on reverse. Attrative. US2 ... £78
1870 Ceres ‘Siege Issue’ 40c orange, centred slightly to R, small hinge thin o/w fresh mm with good gum. Cat. £800 US2 PH Plate 13 .......... £188
1870 Bordeaux issue 10c bistre with tight, even margins and slight wrinkle - mm with part gum/heavy hinge. Excellent spacefiller example of this elusive and valuable stamp. Cat. £1300 US2 PH Plate 13 ......... £117
1870 Bordeaux issue 1c olive-green on bluish, slightly ‘oily’ impression, 4 good to wide margins - fresh, unused without gum. Cat. £225 US2 ...... £47
1870 Bordeaux issue 5c deep yellow-green4 v.wide to close margins, unused without gum -
v.fresh and a most attractive shade with bluish tinge. Cat. £500 US2 ............................................................................ £102
1870 Bordeaux issue 2c red-brown - 4-margin example, fresh mm with couple of small thin spots and adhesion. Attractive. Cat. £350 US2 ....... £78
1870 Bordeaux 30c brown shades, 4 margin fu examples, 2 with small closed splits. Attractive appearance. (3) Cat. £750 US7 .......................... £70
1870-71 Bordeaux issue 20c blue on inland covers, unplated, mainly 4-margin examples with good range of shades (one with filing crease). Interesting specialist lot. (12) US7 ........................................................ £52
175 var 1870-71 Bordeaux 30c Dark Brown fine used with 4 close but clear margins. (Yvert 47d €350) US2 ............................................................. £62
157 196 185
192 207 206 188 191 206
1870-71 Bordeaux 5c green fine used with 4 clear margins, a very nice stamp Cat. £200 US2 ........................................................................... £51
1871 Ceres 15c yellow-bistre, very fresh unmounted example - possibly re-gummed; attractive. Cat. £550 US7 .................................................. £70
1871 Ceres 1c deep olive-green on bluish - fresh mm with thin spot. Cat. £120 US2 ............................................................................................ £27
1871 September combined franking cover to Rouen with Napoleon 5c green & Paris 20c blue [SG 89 & 137] - attractive. US7 ......................... £21
1871 Ceres 5c pale green - well-centred example, fresh mm with good gum. Cat. £350 US2 ............................................................................. £94
1871 Ceres 30c grey-brown, centred R - fresh mm with tiny thin spot. Good example of this elusive stamp. Cat. £900 US2 PH Plate 13 ........ £219
1871 Ceres 30c pale brown, well-centred example fresh mm with tiny thin spot. Attractive stamp. Cat. £900 US2 PH Plate 13 ...................... £219
1871 Ceres 2c deep red-brown, centred slightly to L,
v.fresh mm with good gum. Cat. £250 US2 .................................................................... £67
1871 Ceres 5c green on blue, pulled perf, thin - unused without gum. Attractive stamp. Cat. £325 US2 ........................................................... £67
1871 Ceres 30c pale brown, centred R with one pulled perf, fresh mm with dryish, patchy gum. Cat. £900 US2 PH Plate 13 .......................... £188
1871 ‘September’ mixed franking: neat cover with Napoleon 5c green (corner torn before use) & Paris 20c Ceres issue [SG 137 & 89] used early October between Lons le Saunier & Lyon. US7 ...................................... £17
190
208 198 208 194
187 195 192
1871 Ceres 4c yellowish-grey, centred high, one pulled perf - fresh mm with part gum. Fine example of this elusive shade. Cat. £550 US2 PH Plate 13 ........................................................................................ £141
1871 80c bright carmine ‘Ceres’ issue with thick figures of value, a fine lightly used copy. (SG 208) Cat. £17 US4 .............................................. £9
1871 25c pale blue ‘Ceres’ issue with thin figures of value (type 1), a fine mint copy with full gum. (SG 198) Cat. £160 US4 ................................. £58
1871 Ceres 80c bright carmine - well-centred, 2 pulled perfs, fresh mm example of this elusive value. Cat. £1100 US2 PH Plate 13 ................. £235
1871 10c bistre on rose ‘Ceres’ issue with thin figures of value, a fine mint copy with gum. Tiny thin on reverse. Scarce stamp. (SG 194) Cat. £400 US4 ............................................................................................ £73
1871 Ceres 2c deep red-brown, centred R - fresh mm, possibly re- gummed. Cat. £225 US2 ...................................................................... £51
1871 15c bistre ‘Ceres’ issue with thin figures of value used with superb complete strike of EBREUIL cds dated 13 MAR 1872. (SG 195) US4 ...... £6
1871 5c pale green on greenish ‘Ceres’ issue, a fine unused copy. (SG 192) Cat. £300 US4 ............................................................................. £58
5802 103, 137 & 1 1871 Folded letter franked with 1863 1c olive green on green ‘Napoleon’ issue and 1870 20c pale blue ‘Ceres’ issue and four good to tight margin 1870 4c lilac grey ‘Bordeaux’ issue (SG 103, 137 & 155) all tied by three strikes of Grande Chiffre ‘3265’ cancel with SAINTES cds dated 6 SEPT 1871 alongside. Addressed to BORDEAUX with transit cds’s on reverse. A fine & rare cover. US4 ........................................................................... £279
5803 5804 5805
5806
5807 5808
209
185 189
1871 Ceres 1c olive-green on bluish - well-centred example,
v.fresh lmm. Cat. £120 US2 ..................................................................................... £32
1871 Ceres 4c grey - very fresh mm example of this scarce value. Cat. £500 US2 PH Plate 13 ....................................................................... £125
1871 ‘September’ mixed franking on cover front (rust mark, away from stamps) to Rouen - unusual combination of laureated 1c & 2c pair with Paris issue 20c blue tied by Routot cds. US7 .......................................... £14
1871-72 Mixed franking pieces with Napoleon perforated 5c green with Ceres 25c blue on small pieces with cds and different cancellations - range of shades. (4) US7 (B) ................................................................ £11
1871-76 Ceres 80c dull carmine very fresh unmounted mint with full gum - possibly re-gummed. Most elusive. Cat. £900 US7 ...................... £104
1871-76 Cancellations: Ceres issue with cancellation interest inc maritime ‘anchor’ lozenge on 25c & 40c (2), 80c with paquebot ‘Ligne N’ cds, Spanish circular cancels on 40c (2) & 80c. Unusual lot. (7) US7 ...... £17
1871-76 Ceres 30c pale brown very fresh unused example (no gum) - attractive example of a most elusive value. Cat. £800 US7 .................... £52
1871-76 Ceres issue covers: inland rate items inc September 1871 combined franking with 5c Napoleon, 15c local cover, 25c (4 inc ‘OR’ item) & 40c double rate (15c & 25c); also four precurser postcards with 10c (2) or 15c (2) stamps. Cancellation interest inc town post-box & Joigny station cds. (10) US7 .................................................................. £41
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